Analysis of Searching

Andy Lyle 1951 (Londonderry)



I just want to thank you
For the way you understand
And the way that you have touched me
Though you never held my hand
I can see a bright light shining
Through the darkness of my life
Even though I have been cut
By a sharp unkindly wife

There are days and they're a plenty
When I do not want to rise
To see the sun there shining bright
Nor the blueness of the sky
To suffer happy people
Is difficult for me
Cos yesterday I was one
Now I am so empty

The sound of laughter left me
Hope its not gone for good
As maybe one day I will meet
Someone that I should
Be happy with to spend my days
And through my nights as well
To rescue me from this darkness
That I call my living hell

I think that you have been there
And maybe you still are
Walking through the graveyard
To a place that is so far
Away it takes a long time
To reach its happy gate
I hope that we can get there
Before it is too late


Scheme XABAXCXC BXXXXBXB BDXDXEXE FGXGXHFH
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 101101 00111111 1110111 11101110 1010111 1011111 10111 11101010 1111111 11011101 1010101 1101010 110011 110111 111110 0111011 111111 11011111 1111 11011111 011111 11011110 1111101 1111111 010111 10101 1011111 0111011 111101 1111111 011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 859
Words 188
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted by andylyle1 on February 06, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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